Deaf Studies VII

The Evolving Deaf Community: Dynamic, Diverse, Determined

April 19-21, 2001

Deaf Studies VII was held in Orlando, Fla. The theme was "The Evolving Deaf Community: Dynamic, Diverse, Determined!" Workshops offered during the conference discussed Deaf culture, linguistics, diversity, technology, literature and other topics. Approximately 300 people attended the conference.

Below in the list of presentations made at Deaf Studies VII are the highlighted papers available either for download or as an html page you can view online. If you have questions about any of these papers, you may email Steve Larew at grcdirect@aol.com to obtain contact information for the author(s).

Friday, April 20

8:30 — 10:00 Opening Session — Sam Supalla, Keynote presenter

Sam Supalla is an Associate Professor and Director of the Sign Language/Deaf Studies program at the University of Arizona. He has done extensive research on understanding and meeting the Linguistic needs of Deaf children. Dr. Supalla provided insight on how the Deaf community has responded to recent trends in medical and educational fields.

10:00 — 5:00 Concurrent sessions*

10:30 - Noon
*Sociolinguistic Variation in ASL-Dr. Ceil Lucas, Dr. Robert Bayley, Dr. Clayton Valli
*Deaf School Museums-Dr. Charles Katz
*Understanding Harry Potter: Parallels to the Deaf World-Todd and Janey Czubek
*A Panoramic View of American Deaf History: Making Use of the Mural at the Learning Center for Deaf Children-Patrick Costello
*Multicultural Profiles in the Deaf Community-Dr. Cynthia Plue <<Downloadable .doc file>>

1:30 - 3:00
*Harry Potter Literacy Camp 2000-Todd and Janey Czubek
*Speech ACT Theory Applied to ASL: An Introductory Study-Cindy Campbell <<Downloadable .doc file>>
*Researching the History of ASL: Buffalo Signs-Dr. Betsy Hicks McDonald
*What All ASL Teacher Trainers Should Know: The Curricula of ASL Teacher Preparation Programs-E Lynn Jacobowitz
*American CODA Stories-Thomas Bull

3:30 - 5:00
*Keresan Pueblo Indian Sign Language-Walter Kelley and Tony McGregor
View as html>>
*ASL Sentences with Mental Verbs: How Do You Sign What You Think They Know?-Jessica Greenfield, Maria Ruiz, Jaime Gillette, Kate Strouse, Brandy McGee, Lana Cook, Robert Hoffmeister
*The Clinic in Deaf Education: The Medical Profession and Deaf Education in Late Nineteenth Century America-Joe Murray
*Cultural Approach to Language Learning and Literacy Development with Deaf Children-Tina Shartzer, Dr. Laura Blackburn
*How Deaf Women Produce Gendered Signs-Dr. Arlene Kelly

6:30 - 8:00 *ASLTA Forum-Leslie Greer and Laura Thomas

Saturday, April 21

8:30 — 10:00 Plenary Session - Lindsay Dunn

Lindsay Dunn is Special Assistant to the President, Diversity and Community Relations at Gallaudet University. Mr. Dunn has provided numerous presentations on diversity. He addressed concerns of ethnic groups in the Deaf community.

10:30 — Noon Concurrent sessions

*Audism: Mapping a Postmodern Theory for Deaf Studies-Dr. Ben Bahan and Dr. Dirksen Bauman
*Definitions of Deafness as Constructions of the Deaf Body-Dr. Rusty Rosen
*SigningAvatar Technology Offers Access to Digital Media-Shelley Popson
*The Use of ASL in Teaching Reading and Writing: Classroom Issues and Strategies-Pamela Conley >>Downloadable .doc file>>
*Deaf Adults Immigrants of Chicago¹s Experiences: Case Studies-Lewis Lummer

2:15 — 3:45 Concurrent sessions*

*The Impact of Computer Technology in ASL/English Bilingual Classrooms-Dr. Kathleen Wood, Jacquelyn Girard, Earl Parks >>Downloadable .doc file>>
*Records of the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind: 1906-1941-David Evans
*The Poetics and Politics of Deaf American Literature-Dr. Cynthia Peters >>Downloadable .doc file>>
*Scared to Deaf-Dr. Rico Peterson >>Downloadable .doc file>>
 *Teaching Black Deaf People Studies-Carolyn McCaskill

3:45 — 5:00 Closing Session — Bobbie Beth Scoggins >>Downloadable .doc file>>

Bobbie Beth Scoggins is Director of the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. With Dr. Scoggins’ leadership, KCDHH has sponsored a biannual DeaFestival to promote Deaf culture and Deaf artists statewide and nationally.